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Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have finished 4th overall at the 2015 470 World Championships at the regatta sailed in Haifa, Israel which has just wrapped up.
The NZL Sailing Team men’s crew of Paul Snow-Hansen have finished the regatta in 12th.
Yachting New Zealand is pleased to name a full strength team of 14 sailors to compete at the 2015 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships which run from 27 December to 3 January in Langkawi, Malaysia.
The anticipation is building within the New Zealand Paper Tiger fleet as the 2015-16 regatta season kicks off this weekend.
Dates and venues for the 2015-16season have been finalized and it all kicks off in Rotorua on the 17th of October with the Horowhenua Cup being contested at the Rotorua Yacht Club Sprint Regatta.
Haifa, Israel put on a tough challenge for the world’s best 470 sailors in town for the 2015 Olympic 470 World Championships, with light tricky winds resulting in postponements and a remorseless race course.
Day two of racing has just wrapped up at the 2015 470 World Champs underway now in Haifa, Italy featuring both NZL Sailing Team 470 crews. Both managed to improve their overall standing after today’s racing, despite the day being described as patchy and challenging.
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have been named as finalists for 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year. The winner will be announced on 10 November at the Award Ceremony in Sanya, China.
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Youth Training Programme Graduate Adam Minoprio, is a past ISAF Match Racing World Champion on the 2009 World Match Racing Tour but hasn’t sailed a regatta this year. Today he made an emphatic statement on his return to the helm.
